CHATGPT: Everything You Need To Know

In this article

• Introduction
• What is ChatGPT
• Who developed ChatGPT and  when was it launched
• How to use ChatGPT
• Application of ChatGPT
• Pros of ChatGPT
• Cons ofChatGPT
• Alternative of ChatGPT
• Conclusion

Introduction

In the coming years, artificial intelligence will change the way we perform our tasks.  At the forefront is  ChatGPT, an AI tool developed by OpenAI. It offers a wide range of applications that various industries can use. From content creation to customer care support it has covered all. 

In this blog, we will be discussing what ChatGPT is, who developed it when it was launched, its applications, its pros and cons, and much more. So, let’s get started

What is ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot tool built on GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). Developers designed the GPT model to understand simple human language and generate responses accordingly.  In other words, we can say that It takes a piece of content called a prompt and generates an answer according to the prompt.

To generate an answer according to the prompt, it has been trained on a wide range of databases, most of which come from Publicly available sources such as Books, websites, articles, research papers, forums, and so on.

You can use it for a wide range of tasks such as summarizing long content, writing blogs, articles, emails, and personal texting for your dating apps, doing your maths homework, etc. 

Apart from this, you can also use it for other things such as writing code for your websites, keyword research, and hashtag research for your socials. 

Who developed it and when was it launched?

OpenAI First launched ChatGPT in November 2022.

It is a product of OpenAI. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization that was launched in December 2015. The whole purpose of this organization is to benefit humanity as a whole. OpenAI’s mission is to promote AI ethically, safely, and beneficially.

The key figure in ChatGPT’s development:

1. Sam Altman: CEO of OpenAI. He has a major role in the development of ChatGPT.
2. Greg Brockman: Co-Founder and CTO of OpenAI. He handled the Technical and engineering aspects of GPT.
3. Ilya Sutskever: Co-Founder and Cheif Scientist At OpenAt. He has contributed to the development and the structure of the GPT model.
4. John Schulman –  OpenAI’s researcher and co-founder. He was very involved in machine learning techniques.

How to use it?

Well, it is very easy.

Steps on how to  use ChatGPT are as follows:

Website: Go to the Google search bar and type ChatGPT or you can also type OpenAI.

Signup: Create your account on OpenAI. You can create your account through your Gmail, Google account, or Microsoft account.

Enter your Query: type your Question and it will generate an answer according to your Question.

Applications of Chatgpt:

It comes with many versatile applications. Some of its Prominent Applications are as follows:

1. content creation:

One of the most used applications of it is generating content. It can help you write blogs and articles for your websites, captions and copywriting for your social media, email, and formal/ informal letters for your office, etc.

2. Market research:

Now with the help of it, businesses can do market research with just one click of a button, it’s that easy.

3. Translation :

It has a built-in language translation technology that can easily translate any language for you in just seconds. With the help of It, you can remove the obstacle of language very easily.

4. Your personal assistant :

You can hire It as your assistant for free of cost. You can ask It the set reminders, ask questions, etc.

5:  Explaining topic:

People from educational backgrounds or in general can ask It to explain complex topics for you. It can answer your questions, explain concepts, and play a quiz with you.

Pros and cons of ChatGPT

Human-like text generation:
It can understand human written prompts and generate answers according to the prompt in human-like text. It is hard to identify that it is written by an AI.

Versatile : 

It is a versatile AI tool that can perform activities of various domains such as it can write content for you, you can debunk complex code with it, explaining a complex topic to you, etc.

Efficiency: 

It can perform activities in real time, providing the users with their required answers in speed and accuracy.  The speed and accuracy make it highly efficient. 

24/7 support

Unlike human assistants, you can use ChatGPT non-stop without any time constrain. Making it ideal for customer support, content generation, and more.

Boost productivity: 

It can easily perform all the repetitive activities for you. where you used to put hours to complete it, with the help of It you can perform those activities in just a few seconds

Cons of ChatGPT:

Lack of deep understanding:

It lacks a deep understanding of human language and answers the questions according to the patterns learned from the database. It doesn’t have genuine insight and understanding of the world.

Occasional Inaccuracy:

It can generate its answers from its learned database. While its responses are often sound and correct they may not always be correct.

Limited knowledge:

It trains on the databases such as public websites, queries, forums, and more (last database December 2021).  knowledge of the topics is only limited to its last updated database, and because of that, it cannot provide information on real-time events.

Lack of Emotional intelligence:

While it can make you feel that it can understand human information, unfortunately, its doesn’t truly understand the true human emotions.

Lack of creativity and originality:

While it can generate content and give you ideas, its a constraint to the learning it had from the database. It may struggle to provide you with truly creative and original content.

Alternative of ChatGPT

Well, there are several alternative options you can get in the market that perform similarly or better than it. Alternatives are below:

1. Google Brad
2. Copilot
3. Jasper
4. Writesonic

Conclusion

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot which is a product of OpenAI. ChatGPT is developed on the model of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) which means it can understand and generate text like humans. It is highly capable of converting basic human language, understanding it, and then answering it in a human-like text form. It comes with a versatile range of features such as content creation, providing tutorials, summarizing pieces of content, solving complex problems, and much more. 

While it includes groundbreaking features, ChatGPT cannot provide real-time information because it is built on a fixed database and lacks access to live data. As a result, it has limited information, and over time, it may offer repetitive or similar responses, which can hinder creativity and the generation of new ideas.